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Tom Chambers will  play the beloved detective Inspector Morse in a new stage production, Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts. The production opens in Birmingham on Thursday 28 August 2025 ahead of a major UK tour.

Classics like Animal Farm are tough to stage, partly because they’re produced so often. To make a lasting impact, a production needs to bring something truly exciting and relevant to the table. Unfortunately, this production never fully justifies why this adaptation, and why now?

The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast of Omar Elerian’s production of Rhinoceros. Performances begin in March. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

In this masterfully crafted one-hour solo performance, Vanya is Alive presents a universal tale of state oppression through the intimate lens of maternal grief. Currently running at the Omnibus Theatre, this English translation of Natalia Lizorkina's work transcends its Russian origins to illuminate broader truths about authoritarian control.

Ella Hickson’s epic and revelatory version of Sophocles’ transcendent tragedy, Oedipus, co-directed by Hofesh Shechter and Matthew Warchus has now opened at The Old Vic.

Dante or Die's pop-installation Inside Odds On will be coming to London in March following a successful tour of high streets across the UK last year. Learn more here!

Pittsburg Theatre Company will open its 2025 season with Harvey, a Pulitzer Prize-winning classic written by Mary Chase. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Leeds Playhouse will stage the fresh and magical adaptation, by Yorkshire writer Deborah McAndrew, of the timeless classic, A Christmas Carol. Learn more here!

Bunjil Place will present the exhibition and workshop series FROCK A WHANAUNGATANGA by the legendary Tāgata Moana (People of the Pacific) art collective, the Pacific Sisters, in the Bunjil Place Gallery.

Santa Paula Theater Center has announced their first Main Stage show of Season 2025, POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE by Selina Fillinger.

Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press have announced the February prompt for their monthly play writing contest, Go Try PlayWrite. Learn more here!

Psycho siren Leah Shelton’s one woman show BATSH*T, a wildly theatrical, unexpectedly funny and deeply intimate story of female madness will make its Arts Centre Melbourne debut.

South Coast Repertory and HFP LIVE will present pianist/actor/playwright/producer Hershey Felder, for a strictly limited engagement of Rachmaninoff and the Tsar.

Davis Gaines in a rare New York appearance, will perform a special show for Valentine's Day, “Love is in the Air” a romantic evening of love songs! Learn more about the upcoming show here!

Palm Beach Symphony has received the largest, most substantial instrument donation from a single party at one time with a generous donation from TeamWork USA. 

54 Below will present “A Gay’s Dream: Broadway’s Leading Ladies with a Gender-Bent Twist!” in February. Learn more about the upcoming performance and how to get tickets here!

San Francisco Opera has announced details for the Company's 2025–26 Season. The Company's 103rd season, which marks Shilvock's tenth as general director, kicks off September 5.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced a photography exhibition featuring the work of award-winning photographer Pari Dukovic. 

Vocalist Hugh Panaro, well known for performing as the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera over 2,000 times, will join the HVSO to present “A Night of Broadway”.

Penn Live Arts will present the world premiere of American Street Dancer by Artist-in-Residence Rennie Harris in March. Learn more about the new work here!

Black Ensemble Theater has announced Elvis Presley was a Black Man Named Joe, written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater’s Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor. 

State Theatre New Jersey and The Stress Factory Comedy Club will present Tracy Morgan in February. Learn more about Morgan and find out how to see him here!

The Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach is now accepting applications for its prestigious Scholarship Program for the 2025/2026 academic year. Learn more about how to apply here!

Open Space Arts announced that it will extend its Chicago premiere of MR. PARKER, by two weeks, based on its strong sales. Learn more about the show and how to catch it here!

As part of the Prudential North to Shore Festival, SLIGHTLY STOOPID will bring their new tour, Step Into The Sun Summer 2025, to Stone Pony Summer Stage.